Civil rights violations

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla's factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images)David Butow | Corbis News | Getty ImagesElectric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man who worked as an elevator operator at its Fremont, California factory in 2015.Attorney Lawrence Organ, with the California Civil Rights Law Group, who represented Diaz told CNBC via e-mail: "The…

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes listens as the crowd cheers after breaking the NCAA women's all-time scoring record during the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 15, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa. Matthew Holst | Getty ImagesWomen's sports reached an inflection point in 2023, propelled by major new broadcast deals, once-in-a-lifetime players and record-breaking audiences that dramatically changed the sports landscape.From Caitlin Clark fever in Iowa to a packed house of 92,000…

Attendees hold large Pride flag at the 2023 LA Pride Parade on June 11, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)Rodin Eckenroth | Getty ImagesIn a year stained by boycotts, protests and heightened consumer choice, hundreds of companies came through for LGBTQ+ equality, according to a leading advocacy group.The Human Rights Campaign Foundation awarded 545 companies with a perfect score on its annual Corporate Equality Index, which evaluates U.S. based companies that opt into the survey on…

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in Russell Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesTesla, SpaceX, and X Corp. leader Elon Musk issued a spate of bigoted tweets Wednesday that spurred a critical backlash online.First, Musk drew attention to and agreed with an antisemitic conspiracy theory, and then directly accused "Jewish communities," the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League, and minorities of what he called…

The two-year-long fight between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf ended with a stunning announcement that the archrivals are now joining forces — news that's been met with derision by many American commentators, lawmakers and golf fans.The decision, announced Tuesday, concluded a battle for golf's best players and prompted an about-face from the PGA Tour, which had in a previous lawsuit accused Saudi Arabia of offering athletes "astronomical sums of money ... to use the LIV Players and the game of golf to…

Diddy attends The After, hosted by the entrepreneur and Doja Cat, powered by Ciroc Premium Vodka and DeLeon Tequila at Club Love in New York City, May 1, 2023.Shareif Ziyadat | Getty ImagesSean "Diddy" Combs is suing multinational spirits giant Diageo for alleged racial discrimination in the handling of his vodka and tequila brands, which Combs claims the company typecast as "Black brands."In a lawsuit filed Wednesday with the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, Combs' lawyers accuse Diageo of neglecting his Ciroc vodka…

10'000 Hours | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesA clear majority of Americans who don't identify as LGBTQ+ believe companies should publicly support the community, according to a new survey from gay rights organization GLAAD.About 70% of more than 2,500 adults who don't identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or an otherwise member of the community said support from companies should come through hiring practices, advertising and sponsorships, according to online responses to GLAAD's annual "Accelerating…

A Bowlero executive publicly addressed the sprawling federal discrimination probe the company is facing for the first time Wednesday after it reported another quarter of what it called record-breaking growth. Brett Parker, the company's outgoing chief financial officer and longtime number two to CEO Thomas Shannon, was asked about the investigation during an earnings call. The question came about a week after CNBC revealed authorities want to settle the investigation for $60 million. "There's been quite a bit of noise…

Bowlero, the buzzy bowling company that was one of the few successful stocks to emerge from the SPAC boom, is the subject of a sprawling federal investigation into age discrimination and retaliation that authorities now want to settle for $60 million, CNBC has learned.Negotiations over the settlement, proposed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in early January, failed in April and the case is being referred to the EEOC's general counsel "for potential enforcement action," a letter sent by the EEOC shows.…

Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman's breast for breast cancer.Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesMost women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previously recommended, according to draft guidelines issued Tuesday by a government-backed panel of experts. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said its new guidance could save 19% more lives.Each year in the U.S., about 264,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women…